News Release Number: STScI-2014-09

January 16, 2014: Michael Hauser, former deputy director of the Space Telescope Science
Institute (STScI) and an adjunct professor in the Johns Hopkins
University's Physics and Astronomy Department, will receive the 2014
George Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society
(AAS).

The prize honors a living individual for long-term extraordinary or
unselfish service to astronomy, often beyond the requirements of his or
her paid position. In its citation, the Van Biesbroeck Prize committee
recognized Hauser's long service to the astronomy community. The
committee emphasized Hauser's "strategic vision" in establishing and
leading the infrared group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and
later, as STScI's deputy director, where he played a key role in turning
STScI into a multi-mission institution.